endiadj said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

No, it means that it was Mayte's child also and she has a right to bring that private part of her life public if she wants to. You have no say (other than no reading the book) in that. Prince, unfortunately, is no longer here so he also has no say, and we don't know if he would/wouldn't like this so stop pretending like you know when you didn't know him personally. . Question, if Prince finished his memoir and mentioned his experience with Mayte and losing his child, would you guys be up in arms over an inconsideration of Mayte's feelings? [Edited 3/17/17 8:47am]

I would venture to say that Prince wouldn't have told stories of his ex vomiting all over the house, implicating drug use. by his ex, with or without proof, or went into details about his child's appearance and say they were horrified by it. Basically, I don't believe for one second that he would have opened up her life to the kind of scrutiny that she has opened him up to, on of all things, the anniversary of this man's death. Too much detail. Way too much.

Exactly. Look how the media is handling this. Taking excepts from the book and creating awful headlines for sensationlism. That's why the whole, would you argue if Prince wrote that in his memoris argument sounds stupid.

benni said:

laurarichardson said:

benni said: . Why is it so important to you? After all I am not going to be giving her any money. I think the people that are clamoring to buy this book and acting as if this space was Mayte org find her a lot more important than I do.

lol - It's not. But obviously it is to you because you keep posting about what she's doing and how she's posting this or that to IG or what videos she is posting, what she is doing, and how you have more on her that is not good. Phew! If I kept up with someone like that, it would be tiring. I don't keep up with Mayte like that. I have no desire or need to. I've posted on here because of all the hypocrisy, "I ain't going to be buying her book, but OMG! look what she said in this article in which she shares an excerpt of the book! She is scandalous!" No, she's just a woman who happened to be married to Prince and is writing about her experience.

You all are right. No one would be interested or know who she was if it weren't for who she had married. But that's beside the point. She is known and people are interested because of who she married. You can't change that.

I will defend anyone's right to tell their story, to speak their truth, to talk about what they've experienced. I don't know, maybe it's the social worker in me that knows that talking about difficult times helps one to come to terms with those times and begin the healing process. Or maybe it's because I've been silenced in the past, prevented from talking about things that I experienced and once I found my voice and began to speak up about my trauma, I've realized I would never attempt to silence another.

Will I buy her book? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. I've not made up my mind yet. But hearing you all bashing her is causing me to lean towards buying it, just to support another woman who is being judged so harshly by others and to support not silencing someone from speaking their truth.

I just find it funny that those who profess the loudest against purchasing her book are on a thread discussing that book and an article with an excerpt from that book. If they truly weren't interested in the book, then they would have just ignored this thread after the first time they stated they weren't interested in the book or her. To keep coming back, implies definite interest. If you ain't interested, then whatchu doing here on a thread about the book? And if you ain't interested in what she is doing, why you keep posting things about what she is doing? Sounds like interest in what she is doing, to me.

Well said. I also know a couple people who are going to order the book in result of how she is being drag.

So the more people bashing her the more support she is going to get. Haters are basically unpaid promoters.

benni said:

laurarichardson said:

PennyPurple said:

Mark could be clueless about that situation. I know when Eric hot on the stage at the L.A memorial many people were pissed and M2 has gone into her hovel since those divorce papers came out.

Brownmark would have to have his head under a rock if he didn't know.

PennyPurple said:

So when everyone gets their books, do you all want to do a book club?

Penny best post! You made me laugh. If I read between the lines... I think your point was missed by almost everyone. Most people are dissing a book they haven’t even read yet. Let’s all chill, and then discuss the book once we’ve actually read it. Thanks Penny!

DD55 said:

PennyPurple said:

So when everyone gets their books, do you all want to do a book club?

Penny best post! You made me laugh. If I read between the lines... I think your point was missed by almost everyone. Most people are dissing a book they haven’t even read yet. Let’s all chill, and then discuss the book once we’ve actually read it. Thanks Penny!

DD55 said:

annalizer said:

ladygirl99 said:

moonsister said:

WOMAN is one female. WOMEN is more than one. And yes we get it, DRAGGING someone is a jump on the band wagon cultural thing. It's just very boring at this point. Talking about dirt you will spill later? Are you six?

benni said:

laurarichardson said:

benni said:

lol - It's not. But obviously it is to you because you keep posting about what she's doing and how she's posting this or that to IG or what videos she is posting, what she is doing, and how you have more on her that is not good. Phew! If I kept up with someone like that, it would be tiring. I don't keep up with Mayte like that. I have no desire or need to. I've posted on here because of all the hypocrisy, "I ain't going to be buying her book, but OMG! look what she said in this article in which she shares an excerpt of the book! She is scandalous!" No, she's just a woman who happened to be married to Prince and is writing about her experience.

You all are right. No one would be interested or know who she was if it weren't for who she had married. But that's beside the point. She is known and people are interested because of who she married. You can't change that.

I will defend anyone's right to tell their story, to speak their truth, to talk about what they've experienced. I don't know, maybe it's the social worker in me that knows that talking about difficult times helps one to come to terms with those times and begin the healing process. Or maybe it's because I've been silenced in the past, prevented from talking about things that I experienced and once I found my voice and began to speak up about my trauma, I've realized I would never attempt to silence another.

Will I buy her book? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. I've not made up my mind yet. But hearing you all bashing her is causing me to lean towards buying it, just to support another woman who is being judged so harshly by others and to support not silencing someone from speaking their truth.

I just find it funny that those who profess the loudest against purchasing her book are on a thread discussing that book and an article with an excerpt from that book. If they truly weren't interested in the book, then they would have just ignored this thread after the first time they stated they weren't interested in the book or her. To keep coming back, implies definite interest. If you ain't interested, then whatchu doing here on a thread about the book? And if you ain't interested in what she is doing, why you keep posting things about what she is doing? Sounds like interest in what she is doing, to me.

-/It is not tiring or difficult to find out information about her she makes it easy. She has crazies harrassing people and she has quite a mouth on her so people are going to out you when you act like that. Since people on this board have trashed Prince and many of his associates for years for lesser reasons. I think she should be exposed as well and keep in mind I am not the only one. I have also not posted one single thing that was not my opionion or backed up with facts. You do not have to read my post and I hope you enjoy the book I know there is audeince for gossip.

Does she? Prince alluded to that with the line about M2 "not having to worry about what came out of her mouth" can you ellaborate?

laurarichardson said:

ladygirl99 said:

Well said. I also know a couple people who are going to order the book in result of how she is being drag.

So the more people bashing her the more support she is going to get. Haters are basically unpaid promoters.

--Those people like gossip and would have brought the book anyway.

But aren't you doing the same thing? You even admitted you read the book already.

ladygirl99 said:

Superfan1984 said:

1.Whether you dislike , disagree or have pure contempt for Laura, I have to say that she is absolutely right on this one. Mayte has left quite the pattern of appearing to love Prince (as a matter of monetary convenience) yet doing everything she knew he would be against even when he was alive. Furthermore, all this new found "love" must have manifested itself specifically in the form of betrayal because she damn sure wasn't loving him for any other reason after that divorce. She never recovered from getting the Prince axe. Some of you have been out of the "love" game for too long to recognize the meaning of such a simple word. I suspect that he was in "love" with her virginity and "pureness" as opposed to loving her as an equitable partner in life. Virgins will do that to you, temporarily. You dont "love" someone and abandon them in times of trouble. After all, she was still very immmature about life in general. He practically left her ass stranded emotionally, mentally and physically. Regardless, he gave her more than what she could only drool of generating in her own life and apparently it fell short of that "all-in" package she was dreaming about. All of these women have been dreaming about this package and unlike real Prince followers , they dont understand that this mirage is clearly explained in his lyrics and music all too clearly. They were all temporary, and served a purpose and a time. She was no different. Prince loved Prince, Prince loved music, and anything beyond that resonates with those who fall prey to that wonderful web he weaved to lure them in. I have to admit , it is a brilliant strategy for getting girls to fall in love with you and do your bidding. She OTOH, may have been in "love" at some point but she has been clearly demonstrating her "love" for him in rather ambiguous ways. More so, in ways that can best be described as contemptuos since that divorce.

2.When did she ever try to contact him after hearing about how sick he was? When did she ask him about his opinion on teaming up with Owen and selling off shit that she knew was near and dear to that "lovely" relationship? This didn't start with the book. She has a history of invoking his name, image, intellectual property and memorobilia to further her career. Prince has dated 100's of women and none of them have gone to the level that she has to make a buck under the guise of " I was his wife, lover, girlfriend".

3. As to how she grieves about the child that died... Write a book about that. Where was the foundation for a cure for that syndrome? Why write a book about the death of the child now while invoking your life with Prince? How long has it been? Of course , she has the right to write about it ,but look at the patterns. This is an "opportunity" and has everything to do with revenue. She achieved nothing of value without him or his name, and her writing a book about her life and times with him, proves that.

ladygirl99 said:

laurarichardson said:

ladygirl99 said: --Those people like gossip and would have brought the book anyway.

But aren't you doing the same thing? You even admitted you read the book already.

Thank you. She is. Even coming here to post information about her shocking videos that she posted on IG and the pictures she posted. Nothing but gossip.

PurpleMedley122 said:

wonder505 said:

So that's it? Because I prefer some things to remain private of people's lives, that automatically means that i think they are saints?

No, it means that it was Mayte's child also and she has a right to bring that private part of her life public if she wants to. You have no say (other than no reading the book) in that. Prince, unfortunately, is no longer here so he also has no say, and we don't know if he would/wouldn't like this so stop pretending like you know when you didn't know him personally. . Question, if Prince finished his memoir and mentioned his experience with Mayte and losing his child, would you guys be up in arms over an inconsideration of Mayte's feelings? [Edited 3/17/17 8:47am]

Menes:

“Mayte has left quite the pattern of appearing to love Prince (as a matter of monetary convenience) yet doing everything she knew he would be against even when he was alive.”

“She achieved nothing of value without him or his name, and her writing a book about her life and times with him, proves that.”

I totally agree

laurarichardson said:

benni said:

lol - It's not. But obviously it is to you because you keep posting about what she's doing and how she's posting this or that to IG or what videos she is posting, what she is doing, and how you have more on her that is not good. Phew! If I kept up with someone like that, it would be tiring. I don't keep up with Mayte like that. I have no desire or need to. I've posted on here because of all the hypocrisy, "I ain't going to be buying her book, but OMG! look what she said in this article in which she shares an excerpt of the book! She is scandalous!" No, she's just a woman who happened to be married to Prince and is writing about her experience.

You all are right. No one would be interested or know who she was if it weren't for who she had married. But that's beside the point. She is known and people are interested because of who she married. You can't change that.

I will defend anyone's right to tell their story, to speak their truth, to talk about what they've experienced. I don't know, maybe it's the social worker in me that knows that talking about difficult times helps one to come to terms with those times and begin the healing process. Or maybe it's because I've been silenced in the past, prevented from talking about things that I experienced and once I found my voice and began to speak up about my trauma, I've realized I would never attempt to silence another.

Will I buy her book? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. I've not made up my mind yet. But hearing you all bashing her is causing me to lean towards buying it, just to support another woman who is being judged so harshly by others and to support not silencing someone from speaking their truth.

I just find it funny that those who profess the loudest against purchasing her book are on a thread discussing that book and an article with an excerpt from that book. If they truly weren't interested in the book, then they would have just ignored this thread after the first time they stated they weren't interested in the book or her. To keep coming back, implies definite interest. If you ain't interested, then whatchu doing here on a thread about the book? And if you ain't interested in what she is doing, why you keep posting things about what she is doing? Sounds like interest in what she is doing, to me.

-/It is not tiring or difficult to find out information about her she makes it easy. She has crazies harrassing people and she has quite a mouth on her so people are going to out you when you act like that. Since people on this board have trashed Prince and many of his associates for years for lesser reasons. I think she should be exposed as well and keep in mind I am not the only one. I have also not posted one single thing that was not my opionion or backed up with facts. You do not have to read my post and I hope you enjoy the book I know there is audeince for gossip.

I'm trying to understand your logic here. So, since Prince was trashed, Mayte should be as well? That makes absolutely no sense. And obviously there is an audience for gossip, as you are proving. Again, I don't know if I will or won't purchase it. The way you all are acting about it, I am seriously considering it. Doesn't mean I will read it, and if I do, I definitely won't discuss what I read here.

Strawberrylova123 said:

laurarichardson said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

...so? A lot of grown adults smoke (usually nicotine) out of a hooka. You're really grasping at straws at this point to vilify this woman for some reason. And you sure seem to post a lot in a thread about a book you claim to not care for or want to read. Just saying...

//But I am not buying the book and there is other stuff you do not even know about but the truth is you and the rest of the noisy gossip mongers are packing a lunch and living in La La land which actually think is funny. You think tobacco is her hooka. and it is cool to post that on Instagram and it is cool to film yourself drunk off your ass and put it on YOUTUBE. No question of taste or sanity and she can make allegations about Prince' drug use that she never saw😳[/quote in the book, prince pleaded 2 her to return to his hotel room to flush his pills down the toilet...prince had an opioid problem, some of his fans are delusional to this fact. [Edited 3/17/17 1:11am]

in the book, prince pleaded 2 her to return to his hotel room to flush his pills down the toilet...prince had an opioid problem, some of his fans are delusional to this fact.

Well, did she look at the labels on the pills she was flushing, just to get an idea of the problem ? Wouldn't any wife ? What were they ?? So what if he was self-medicating a bit to deal with the baby, the doctor probably gave it to him. A few alleged instances does not a drug addict make. She needs to have a seat and rest her ass for her impending drag.

benni said:

Identity said:

Prince had an opioid problem, some of his fans are delusional to this fact.

ChanGirl said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

laurarichardson said:

in the book, prince pleaded 2 her to return to his hotel room to flush his pills down the toilet...prince had an opioid problem, some of his fans are delusional to this fact.

Well, did she look at the labels on the pills she was flushing, just to get an idea of the problem ? Wouldn't any wife ? What were they ?? So what if he was self-medicating a bit to deal with the baby, the doctor probably gave it to him. A few alleged instances does not a drug addict make. She needs to have a seat and rest her ass for her impending drag.

umm she found him unconscious with vomit and wine all over the floor, the doctors had to pump his stomach, his excuse was he took the pills cause he could hear his heart beating ( whatever that means) this was before she gave birth, she had to flush pills down the toilet because he was taking to many. look i was in denial with this regarding prince but he had an opioid problem. it doesn't make him a bad person.

benni said:

Ugh, not when I'm eating lunch.

laurarichardson said:

laurarichardson said: